Fresh off of Code Conference, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s apology and difficult week, and consider whether there’s any viable alternative to Youtube amid all the backlash the company’s received in recent weeks.
They also discuss the leaked photo of the upcoming Pixel 4 and ponder the strategy behind the leaked photo. And later, a recap of what happened at E3 from Megan Farokhmanesh and some video game and hardware updates from the Vergecast crew. And finally, Paul’s segment.
You can hear all that and more on this week’s Vergecast.
Stories discussed this week:
- YouTube CEO apologizes to LGBTQ community after outcry
- Here’s the letter Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent to LGBTQ employees
- This is Google’s Pixel 4
- WHY GOOGLE’S SURPRISE PIXEL 4 TEASE RAISES THE STAKES
- E3 2019: 15 best trailers from the show
- The 14 biggest announcements for Microsoft Xbox at E3 2019
- Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox: 8K graphics, SSD storage, and ray tracing for 2020
- Microsoft’s new Xbox streaming mode is arriving in October for consoles
- GOOGLE’S STADIA GAME SERVICE IS OFFICIALLY COMING NOVEMBER: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Google Stadia hands-on: near-flawless Doom Eternal running on a Chromebook
- Google Stadia will let publishers offer their own gaming subscriptions
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